Unemployment in Drummer Township (9.5%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Drummer Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Drummer Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). About one in three work in Drummer Township; the top destination outside it is Gibson City (33%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Drummer Township: the gist
Commutes from Drummer Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Drummer Township and Gibson City trade workers both ways
Gibson City is the top workplace for Drummer Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Drummer Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Drummer Township
Job access by car holds Drummer Township’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Drummer Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Drummer Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drummer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,547 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from Drummer Township work
Where Drummer Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Drummer Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,289 residents head out to work, 627 work right here, and 1,941 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Drummer Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Drummer Township: 2,568 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drummer Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,076 → 2,568. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Drummer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Drummer Township
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Drummer Township start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,730 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.7% of Drummer Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Drummer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Drummer Township ranks 3,822nd of 4,364 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,820 | Saugerties NY | 3,853 | $58K | 21.0% | 7.3% | 13% | D |
| 3,821 | Vandergrift PA | 4,903 | $51K | 21.5% | 8.8% | 6% | D |
| 3,822 | Drummer Township IL | 3,914 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.5% | 33% | D |
| 3,823 | Gifford FL | 4,668 | $33K | 42.0% | 5.0% | 3% | D |
| 3,824 | Holloman AFB NM | 4,433 | $52K | 10.2% | 11.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Drummer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
How Drummer Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drummer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummer Township | – | D | C | 17 min | $51,497 |
| Cheney's Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $91,429 |
| Sullivant Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Dix Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Bellflower Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cheney's Grove Township: not graded. Sullivant Township, Dix Township and Bellflower Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Drummer Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Drummer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Drummer Township?
$51,497 (±$4,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drummer Township?
12.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drummer Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drummer Township work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gibson City (33%, 1 mi), Champaign (6%, 25 mi), Bloomington (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Drummer Township walkable?
Drummer Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Drummer Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Drummer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drummer Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.